שִׁפְלוּת
šiplût
sinking
Strong's H8220NounHebrewTWOT 2445e

שִׁפְלוּת (šiplût) is a Hebrew noun meaning sinking. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8220).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2445e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2445e)sinking; remissness; idleness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁפְלוּת noun, feminine: sinking

Strong's H8220 שִׁפְלוּת: remissness
KJV:idleness.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2445: שָׁפֵל šāpēl — be, become low, be abased; become, low, to be lowly of spirit; lay low, set, in a lower place, make low, sit down; depress, sink, humiliate; abase, bring down, debase, humble, be lower

See it in Scripture

Ecclesiastes 10:18

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